Wayfinder – Charting the Rent in the Sky, A Deep Dive into the Wayfinder
6th June 2026 There is a moment of profound, cold clarity that hits every tabletop gamer when they first step away from flat battlefields and look down upon the shifting, iridescent waters of Venice in Carnevale. In most skirmish games, your primary concerns are linear: Where is the cover? Can my model line up a charge? But when you set foot in La Serenissima, the world fractures into three dimensions of absolute, beautiful chaos. Suddenly, you aren’t just looking forward; you are looking up at three story brick palazzos, calculating the trajectory of a desperate leap across a ten foot wide canal, and praying that your model doesn’t miss the…
Review: The Artis Opus ‘Duck’ – Have I Finally Found My Golden Goose?
Over the years, I’ve used a whole host of different painting handles, but to be honest, none of them have really worked for me. I usually use them for a while, but very soon they just seem to get in the way rather than helping. I understand the design theory, providing a stable platform, but they just don’t click. Usually, I just end up going back to using corks with minis pinned or blue-tacked in place; it’s cheap and it works. But, being a sucker for something new, I keep looking for that “golden goose” of handles. While ordering some new brushes, I stumbled across a series of three handles…
Weekly Waffle #422 – The Slayer Who Refuses to Die
30th May 2026 The Mojo I’ve been back at work this week but I’ve not let that get me down. It’s amazing how many e-mails people seem to send saying the world will end if you don’t respond immediately. Then you get in touch with them once your back and everything has just magically resolved itself. The mojo is still here and this week brings my Gritty Groups up to fill strength so I will be moving onto something new next week. Although at the moment I’m not sure exactly what that is going to be. But I’ve narrowed it down to either Trench Crusade or Carnivale. On The Work…
Grim Ironjaw – The Slayer Who Refuses to Die
Ah, welcome back, fellow sports fans and lovers of the legendary! Today, we’re lacing up our boots and stepping onto the hallowed, blood-stained turf of Blood Bowl. If you’re a fan of the Dwarf factions, you know that resilience is the name of the game. But what happens when you take that famous Dwarven stubbornness and mix it with a healthy dose of “I have a death wish, but I’m too angry to fulfil it”? You get Grim Ironjaw. Picture a Dwarf who has seen it all, fought it all, and probably headbutted most of it. He’s the quintessential Slayer Star Player, a mohawked mountain of muscle who views a…
Review: The Four E’s Scientific Mini Vortex Mixer – A Hobbyist’s Best Friend?
If you’ve spent as much time as I have over the years shaking dropper bottles until your wrist feels like it’s about to fly off, you know the struggle. We’ve all been there: you grab a pot of white paint or a heavily settled metallic, shake it for three minutes, and still end up with a watery, separated mess on your palette. Enter the Four E’s Scientific Mini Vortex Mixer. Originally designed for labs to mix test tubes, this little beast has been adopted by our tabletop community as the ultimate solution to “painter’s cramp”. I’ve put this through its paces on my own workbench, and here is the honest,…
Elevate Your Hobby with AI Mini Painter
If you’re like me, the most daunting part of the hobby isn’t the assembly or the mould lines, it’s the “decision paralysis” that hits when you stare at a primed model with a brush in your hand. We’ve all been there: you have a cool idea for a “Grimdark Sea-foam” Space Marine, but you’re terrified that once the paint hits the plastic, it’ll look less “elite warrior” and more “minty toothpaste.” Enter AI-MiniPainter.com, it’s a specialised suite of tools designed to take the guesswork out of your hobby. While the site offers everything from professional product photography renders to diorama generators, I want to focus on the crown jewel for…
Weekly Waffle #421 – The Dwarf Who Brought a Cannon to a Ball Game
23rd May 2026 The Mojo I’ve had a really good week, mainly because I haven’t been in work this week but I’ve also managed to get quite a bit of hobby time in. The mojo has been high I’m still enjoying myself. Monument Hobby has released its version of contrast paints this week and I’m toying with the idea of trying a couple of them but I’ve not pulled the trigger on that yet. But watch this space because I’m a sucker for anything new and shiny that I think will make me a better painter. But I do want to share something that I have discovered this week that…
Barik Farblast – The Dwarf Who Brought a Cannon to a Ball Game
Ah, welcome back to the Chronicles, dear readers! Grab a flagon of Bugman’s XXXXXX, pull up a sturdy stone stool, and mind your toes, we’re venturing back into the muddy, blood-soaked arena of Blood Bowl. Today, we’re spotlighting a legendary figure who asks the question: “Why try to throw a ball with your hands when you can use gunpowder?” Enter Barik Farblast. If you’ve ever played a Dwarf team and thought, “I love the hitting, I love the stubbornness, but I really wish I could launch a ball sixty yards without having to move my short legs,” then Barik is your guy. He is the ultimate “Star Player” for the…
Weekly Waffle #420 – The Ultimate Engine of Destruction
16th May 2026 The Mojo I’ve had a very interesting week this week and not all of it has been good. The week started with me getting an e-mail saying the site had a fatal error and could not be accessed. Nothing like an IT message to make something seem like the end of the world. But sure enough the site was offline so it was on to the hosting provider to see wha they could do to help. It turns out that I had a plugin on the site that was pre packaged with something else so I had never really paid attention to it. Anyway this plugin had…
The Dwarf Deathroller – The Ultimate Engine of Destruction
Welcome back to the Chronicles, folks! Today, we’re trading the subtle intrigue of Venice for the mud, blood, and beer-soaked pitches of Blood Bowl. If you’ve ever looked at a game of fantasy football and thought, “This is great, but it really needs more heavy machinery and blatant disregard for the rulebook,” then boy, do I have a treat for you. We’re talking about the Dwarf Deathroller. It’s big, it’s loud, it’s technically illegal, and it’s the most Dwarf thing to ever happen to a sport. Imagine a steamroller met a lawnmower, had a baby with a tank, and then that baby decided to play professional sports. That’s the Deathroller.…
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